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Degradation of Petroleum Pollutant Materials by Fungi

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Fungi as Bioremediators

Part of the book series: Soil Biology ((SOILBIOL,volume 32))

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Oil spills are one of the main pollution in soil, groundwater, and marine environments. Recently, bioremediation is paid attention as one of the effective cleanup techniques to such oil pollution. In this chapter, we will describe basis of bioremediation and oil-degradation mechanism by microorganisms. In particular, we will focus on fungi that can be degraded to nonhazardous fractions and present the degradation of petroleum pollutant materials.

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Hara, E., Uchiyama, H. (2013). Degradation of Petroleum Pollutant Materials by Fungi. In: Goltapeh, E., Danesh, Y., Varma, A. (eds) Fungi as Bioremediators. Soil Biology, vol 32. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33811-3_5

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